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Download full textLouisiana Department of Education, 2012
"Louisiana Believes” embraces the principle that all children can achieve at high levels, as evidenced in Louisiana's recent adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). "Louisiana Believes" also promotes the idea that Louisiana's educators should be empowered to make decisions to support the success of their students. In…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Achievement Tests, Grade 8, English
Louisiana Department of Education, 2012
"Louisiana Believes" embraces the principle that all children can achieve at high levels, as evidenced in Louisiana's recent adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). "Louisiana Believes" also promotes the idea that Louisiana's educators should be empowered to make decisions to support the success of their students.…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Testing Accommodations
Louisiana Department of Education, 2012
"Louisiana Believes" embraces the principle that all children can achieve at high levels, as evidenced in Louisiana's recent adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). "Louisiana Believes" also promotes the idea that Louisiana's educators should be empowered to make decisions to support the success of their students.…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Testing Accommodations
Haladyna, Thomas M. – 1999
This book explains writing effective multiple-choice test items and studying responses to items to evaluate and improve them, two topics that are very important in the development of many cognitive tests. The chapters are: (1) "Providing a Context for Multiple-Choice Testing"; (2) "Constructed-Response and Multiple-Choice Item Formats"; (3)…
Descriptors: Constructed Response, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Construction, Test Format
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 1999
This guide is designed to give the student helpful information about Arizona's Instrument To Measure the Standards (AIMS) for high school. The guide provides examples of the type of questions students see on AIMS and explains how items are scored. It does not teach what the student needs to know to do well on AIMS, but it will help the student…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, High School Students, High Schools, Measurement Techniques
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 1999
This guide is designed to give the student helpful information about Arizona's Instrument To Measure the Standards (AIMS) for grade 3. The guide provides examples of the type of questions students see on AIMS and explains how items are scored. It does not teach what the student needs to know to do well on AIMS, but it will help the student know…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Measurement Techniques
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 1999
This guide is designed to give the student helpful information about Arizona's Instrument To Measure the Standards (AIMS) for grade 5. The guide provides examples of the type of questions students see on AIMS and explains how items are scored. It does not teach what the student needs to know to do well on AIMS, but it will help the student know…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
White, David M. – 1986
This book discusses tricks for answering questions on the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). The tricks are based on an analysis of 12 editions of the LSAT which have been made public pursuant to New York's Truth in Testing Law. Sample LSAT questions published by the Law School Admission Council are referenced to exemplify the tricks' applications…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Pretesting
White, David M. – 1985
This book discusses tricks for answering questions on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). The tricks are based on an analysis of 20 editions of the GMAT which have been made public pursuant to New York's Truth in Testing Law. Sample GMAT questions published by the Graduate Management Admission Council are referenced to exemplify the…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Pretesting
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 1999
This guide is designed to give the student helpful information about Arizona's Instrument To Measure the Standards (AIMS) for grade 8. The guide provides examples of the type of questions students see on AIMS and explains how items are scored. It does not teach what the student needs to know to do well on AIMS, but it will help the student know…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Grade 8, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Records Branch. – 1989
This guide to the ninth-grade French test for Alberta students describes the testing program, provides examples of the type of test to be administered in June 1990, and includes an answer key. Information about the testing program includes general objectives, an overview of the program type, students exempted from the test, testing for students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Grade 9, Language Tests
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Data Processing Branch. – 1987
A bulletin concerning Alberta's Grade 6 French language achievement test to be administered in June 1988 provides specific information about the test's design, items, and scoring. It begins with general information about the province's achievement test program in English and goes on to describe and illustrate the French language arts achievement…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Measurement, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1986
Intended to help prepare teachers and students for the January 1987 diploma exams, this bulletin presents useful information about the design, parts and scoring of French language and literature tests by describing and including scoring guides and sample questions. A schedule of administration and scoring dates is included in the bulletin. This…
Descriptors: Bilingual Instructional Materials, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries, French
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1985
Intended for both teachers and students, this bulletin presents specific information about the design, parts, and scoring of the Grade 9 English Language Arts Achievement Test for the 1985-86 school year in Alberta, Canada. General information is presented regarding the (1) purpose and nature of the Achievement Testing Program (ATP), (2) students…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Green, Kinsey B. – 1979
This individualized learning package on test item construction as a component of evaluation is designed for the undergraduate student in teacher education programs. The hierarchy of learning levels on which the package rests is that of B. Bloom's (1956) taxonomy of learning. The premises are that higher order learning is significant and desirable…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Essay Tests
